Fans of The Boys have twice as much to look forward to this week: While Amazon is currently launching a spin-off to the bloody superhero success, Gen V, Netflix is now showing them all 4 seasons of The Boys “predecessor” Preacher. The brutal fantasy series not only comes from the same creators, but also had much of its amusing, bloody escalation three years before the Supes’ adventures.
Now on Netflix: Why the fantasy of Preacher is so similar to the brutal superhero series The Boys
Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper) is the titular preacher of the fantasy series on Netflix. However, as a chain-smoking alcohol lover, he does not present the usual image of a Bible-wielding man of God. Especially since he is deep in a crisis of faith. But then, through a supernatural event in a church, he receives a gift that charges his voice with enormous power. He goes on a trip with his old friend Tulip (Ruth Negga) and his new vampire friend Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun). crazy search for God.
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Preacher: Jesse Custer (right)
Created for the Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead channel AMC Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen with Sam Catlin the fantasy series Preacher 2014 based on the comic of the same name *. From the Preacher comic book author Garth Ennis The Boys comics also come from it, which series creators Goldberg and Rogen made into a series hit on Amazon following Preacher. So The Boys and Preacher have the same creators.
The special mix of brutality and humor, combined with superhuman strengthshowed the handwriting of the creatives in Preacher three years before The Boys. Dirty, bloody and with always new borderline experiences This priest now also wants to captivate the Netflix audience.
Netflix’s bloody fantasy replenishment: Preacher will convince you with its characters
The strength of the fantasy series Preacher is its completely bizarre characters who still make exciting figures: Take Vampire Cassidy, for example, who can only go outside with a parasol and makes an excellent sidekick when he’s not accidentally causing the next bloodbath.
The mumbling Eugene (Ian Colletti), called Arseface, sports an unusual face after a failed suicide attempt. Watching the strong-willed Ruth Negga as the priest’s ex-girlfriend is always a joy anyway. Oh yeah, and Hitler (Noah Taylor) is still running around somewhere when heaven and hell can’t keep their gates properly closed.
So if you like your fantasy a little bloodier or have been looking for a replacement for The Boys for a long time, Preacher is the right streaming address. All 43 episodes the 4 seasons you can watch it on Netflix now.
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